Deep Calls to Deep
Deep Calls to Deep
Podcast Description
Deep Calls to Deep comes from Psalm 42:7, expressing our longing for a deeper relationship with God and Spirit-filled conversations. We explore how people discovered God’s calling and turned their communities into mission fields.
For non-believers, we share real stories of Christians living for God’s glory. For believers, we hope to inspire you to seek His purpose and pursue your mission. Scripture teaches that finding your God-given purpose transforms your life, and the church is where you connect with others who share your mission.
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Content Themes
The podcast focuses on themes of faith, purpose, and community impact, with episodes addressing topics such as the intersection of medicine and spirituality, as seen in Episode 2 featuring a sleep medicine fellow's reflections on faith during challenging patient encounters, and the call to live with mission in the corporate world highlighted in Episode 1 with a corporate strategy director.
Deep Calls to Deep comes from Psalm 42:7, expressing our longing for a deeper relationship with God and Spirit-filled conversations. We explore how people discovered God’s calling and turned their communities into mission fields.
For non-believers, we share real stories of Christians living for God’s glory. For believers, we hope to inspire you to seek His purpose and pursue your mission. Scripture teaches that finding your God-given purpose transforms your life, and the church is where you connect with others who share your mission.
In this episode, we sit down with Ethan, a young data scientist who works remotely for an airline — a job that lets him fly the world on standby and, along the way, build deep friendships with people of different faiths. Raised in a missionary family and driven by a natural, logical curiosity about what other people believe, Ethan has spent years getting to know Muslim friends on journeys around the world, over long conversations comparing the two religions.
We talk about what it looks like to share Jesus without an agenda — loving people first and letting faith come up naturally, rather than treating friendship as a means to conversion. Ethan opens up about the questions that have stumped him, what devout Muslim friends have taught him about daily devotion, the moments that sent him back to study his own faith more deeply, and how being accepted by God before we obey sets Christianity apart. It’s an honest, refreshing look at marketplace ministry in a remote-work world — and a reminder that curiosity, humility, and genuine love can open doors the gospel has always longed to walk through.
Whether you have coworkers and neighbors of different faiths or simply want to love people across the lines that so often divide us, Ethan’s story will encourage you to lead with friendship and trust God with the seeds you sow.
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When An Airline Employee Flies Standby
Scripture Index:
Crossing Religious and Cultural Lines
Jn 4:7-26, Acts 10:28-35, Lk 10:30-37, Acts 17:22-28, 1 Cor 9:19-22
The Joy of Sharing the Gospel
Lk 15:7, Lk 15:10, Acts 8:39, Ps 126:5-6, 1 Thess 2:19-20, Phil 1:18
Go and Make Disciples of All Nations
Matt 28:18-20, Mark 16:15, Acts 1:8
Love Your Neighbor as Yourself
Matt 22:37-40, Mark 12:30-31, Rom 13:9-10
Loving People First
1 Cor 13:1-7, 1 Jn 4:7-12, Jn 13:34-35
Becoming All Things to All People
1 Cor 9:19-23
Sharing the Gospel with Gentleness and Respect
1 Pet 3:15-16, Col 4:5-6, 2 Tim 2:24-25
Making the Most of Every Opportunity
Col 4:5-6, Eph 5:15-16
Being Ready to Give an Answer
1 Pet 3:15, 2 Tim 3:16-17, Acts 17:22-31
We May Not Know How God Uses Our Interactions to Change People
Eccl 11:5-6, 1 Cor 3:6-9, Gal 6:9
Sowing and Reaping
Gal 6:7-9, 2 Cor 9:6, Ps 126:5-6, Mark 4:26-29
The Parable of the Sower
Matt 13:3-9, Matt 13:18-23, Lk 8:5-15
Accepted by God Before We Obey
Rom 5:8, Eph 2:8-9, Titus 3:4-7, 1 Jn 4:19
Saved by Grace, Not by Works
Eph 2:8-10, Gal 2:16, Rom 3:23-24, Titus 3:5
Salvation Through Christ Alone
Jn 14:6, Acts 4:12, 1 Tim 2:5
Pursuing Wisdom and Understanding
Prov 2:1-6, Prov 4:7, Jas 1:5, Col 2:2-3
When We Don’t Have All the Answers
Deut 29:29, Prov 3:5-6, 1 Cor 13:12
Devotion and Praying Continually
1 Thess 5:16-18, Ps 55:17, Dan 6:10, Col 4:2
Praying for Others
1 Tim 2:1-4, Jas 5:16, Eph 6:18
Being a Faithful Steward
1 Cor 4:1-2, Lk 16:10, Matt 25:14-30, 1 Pet 4:10
Letting Your Light Shine Before Others
Matt 5:14-16, Phil 2:14-16, 1 Pet 2:12
Working as Unto the Lord
Col 3:23-24, 1 Cor 10:31, Eph 6:7-8
Living as Salt and Light in the World
Matt 5:13-16, Jn 17:15-18, Phil 2:15
Christian Community and Not Neglecting to Meet Together
Heb 10:24-25, Acts 2:42-47, 1 Thess 5:11
Unity Across Cultures and Peoples in Christ
Gal 3:28, Rev 7:9-10, Col 3:11, Eph 2:14
The Harvest is Plentiful but the Workers are Few
Matt 9:37-38, Lk 10:2, Jn 4:35
Special Thanks:Rebecca Chan for helping to come up with questions and editing the interview!
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